Connecting to the Earth: A Place to Setttle

“Just as language has no longer anything in common with the thing it names, so the movements of most of the people who live in cities have lost their connection with the earth; they hang, as it were, in the air, hover in all directions, and find no place where they can settle.”
—Rainer Maria [...]

Hot Flashes 2: More Sexy Little Stories & Poems—anthology from Left Coast Writers–the launch party at Book Passage

It’s a really hot ticket this Friday, September 28, 2007, 7pm, at Book Passage on 51 Tamal Vista Way in Corte Madera, California.
Things sizzle at the official book launch celebration for HOT FLASHES 2: more sexy little stories and poems. If you come, you can get your copy signed by many of the writers, including [...]

Independent Book Report Interview for Erwin A. Thompson and Janet Grace Riehl

You can read our interview “Eleven things about Janet Riehl and Erwin A. Thompson” by clicking here. What I liked about how the interview came out was the comparison and contrast for my father and me, our books, and how we write.
Here are the eleven questions you can read our answers for.
1. Tell us [...]

Brenda Johima of Creative Nudge–artist, photographer, coach, and businesswoman

Brenda Johima, whose company is CREATIVE NUDGE Coaching and Consulting Services, is my guest today on Riehlife. Brenda is based in the beautiful Comox Valley, on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. Since my mission is connection through the arts, I was particularly interested in how Brenda balances her variety of creative pursuits and binds [...]

Roberta Smith “On Becoming and Remaining an Art Critic” spoke at the St. Louis Art Museum

A shortened introduction for Roberta Smith from the St. Louis Art Museum events calendar: “Smith is an acclaimed art critic and popular lecturer on contemporary art. She was the art critic for the Village Voice and a senior editor at Art in America before moving to the New York Times in 1986.”
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Roberta wowed the [...]

Connecting Dreams with Action

“Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together.”
–Anais Nin

“3:10 to Yuma” a Riehlife Reel Life Review: It’s All About the Boy

From Wikipedia: ABOUT THE FILM—3:10 to Yuma is a 2007 Western film that is a remake of the 1957 film 3:10 to Yuma, making it the second adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s short story. It is directed by James Mangold and stars Russell Crowe and Christian Bale. Filming took place in various locations in New Mexico. [...]

Riehlife Review: “Moon in the Water,” by Elizabeth Grayson–reveals code of honor and loyalty

“Moon in the Water,” by Elizabeth Grayson
I was lucky enough to savor a long lunch this week with the woman behind the Elizabeth Grayson books, who, like me, is a member of Women Writing the West. She enjoys her anonymity, so I’ll just say this: she’s one heck of a woman and in reading her [...]

Robert Powell: community leader, founder and executive director of Portfolio Gallery & Education Center, St. Louis–”Maybe easy isn’t what’s important.”

You read about the current Portfolio Gallery show “Visual Language” earlier on Riehlife. Today you’ll meet the man who founded Portfolio Gallery and Education Center 18 years ago in 1989: Robert Powell.

I first met Robert Powell at the Urban League’s Black Fine Art show. I walked into his booth and felt swept-up in his [...]

Robert Powell, Artist & Master Carver

In this photo Robert Powell is hard at work, carving in the open air. I found his work moving and intelligent. Here are two pieces from his collection.

“One is the Magic Number,” is made out of walnut and owned by Arnold Donald.

“Before the Mayflower” is made of mahogany and has won awards. It was recently [...]